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An Engineer Says He’s Found a Way to Overcome Earth’s Gravity

An Engineer Says He’s Found a Way to Overcome Earth’s Gravity

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Discovering a machine that could somehow produce thrust without releasing propellant would be a game-changer for human space travel. There’s just one problem—such a device would defy the laws of physics. This limitation has not stopped people from investigating the possibility, and the latest addition to the propellant-less club is an …

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Scientists Engineer Yeast to Create Honey Bee Superfood – Colonies Grew 15-Fold

Scientists Engineer Yeast to Create Honey Bee Superfood – Colonies Grew 15-Fold

Bees feeding on a synthetic pollen substitute – credit, Caroline Wood, Oxford U news A study team from Oxford University has identified a fermentation method that creates the perfect balanced diet for honey bees who can’t get enough natural pollen. Synthetic pollen substitutes are often fed to bees as a dietary supplement to natural pollen, but until now it’s been …

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Seeds of the cosmos: How a Pakistani engineer sent wheat into space – Pakistan

Seeds of the cosmos: How a Pakistani engineer sent wheat into space – Pakistan

The test tube carrying the Pakistan-origin wheat seeds was aboard the SpaceX Dragon Capsule, which was launched from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre on August 1. Space, as all Trekkies agree, is the final frontier. It is mysterious, magnificent, mighty, and draws in earthlings who have long dreamed of exploring other worlds. In recent years, these dreams have crossed over from …

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OpenAI Offer Sparked Instant Interest From Meta, AI Engineer Says

OpenAI Offer Sparked Instant Interest From Meta, AI Engineer Says

Meta is making headlines for poaching leading AI researchers and offering some compensation packages that reach into the nine figures. Hiring AI-focused software engineers is becoming intensely competitive across Big Tech and AI startups. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Yangshun Tay, a 35-year-old AI engineer in Singapore. Tay previously worked for five years at Meta and …

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Tesla Engineer Says Company Kept Scant Safety Data

Tesla Engineer Says Company Kept Scant Safety Data

By Carolina Bolado ( July 15, 2025, 7:56 PM EDT) — Tesla did not document safety statistics of its autopilot system in the early years of its implementation, according to testimony from a Tesla engineer that jurors in Miami heard Tuesday in a trial over a fatal Florida Keys crash…. Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 …

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